Interim Results
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
INTERIM RESULTS McLAREN HOLDINGS LTD SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 McLaren Holdings Limited Interim financial statements 30 June 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Business review and outlook ................................................................................................... 3 Recent developments and factors affecting comparability .................................................... 8 Consolidated profit and loss account .................................................................................... 10 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income ............................................................. 10 Consolidated balance sheet ................................................................................................... 11 Consolidated statement of changes in equity ....................................................................... 12 Consolidated statement of cash flows .................................................................................. 13 Notes to the financial statements .......................................................................................... 14 McLaren Holdings Limited Interim financial statements 30 June 2018 Business review and outlook Principal Activities McLaren Holdings Limited (the “Group”) is a global leader in luxury automotive, motorsport and technology. The Group is constituted from three divisions: Automotive, Racing and Applied Technologies. Founded in 1963, the Racing division has been one of the most successful teams in motorsport history. Since its foundation, the team have won 20 Formula 1 World Championships, the Indy 500 three times and the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The Automotive division first produced the iconic McLaren F1 road car in 1992 and more recently launched its new series of products in 2011 starting with the McLaren 12C. Today, Automotive has a range of luxury high performance cars across three defined product families: Sports Series, Super Series and Ultimate Series. It has produced further ground-breaking cars such as the McLaren P1TM and the McLaren 675LT. All current and future models continue to command premium pricing and a strong order bank. The Applied Technologies division focuses on the application of McLaren’s technological know-how in a wide variety of fields. Starting from a successful motorsports division which to this day is still the sole supplier of Electronic Control Units to Formula 1, NASCAR, Indycar and Formula E. Applied Technologies has expanded to focus on three further market segments: automotive, public transport and health. Success in these areas has included taking our know-how in high speed data transmission from Formula 1 and applying it to public transport where we have worked with several train operating companies to design, test and introduce new systems that enable reliable high speed WIFI on trains. Applied Technologies is also working with new entrants to the connected and autonomous vehicle sectors. Group results For H1 2018, year-to-date turnover has increased by 62.3% from £315.0m in H1 2017 to £511.4m. In addition, the Group has reported H1 2018 year-to-date EBITDA of £12.4m compared to an EBITDA loss of £32.7m for H1 2017. The improvement in the Q2 results is driven by the Automotive division which has built on the success of Q4 2017 and Q1 2018 and continued to build cars at the rate of 20 units per day. This has resulted in the wholesale volumes to more than doubling in the first half of 2018. This is discussed further in the Automotive section of this report. Further, the Group has reported a normalised full year EBITDA of £136.0m for the 12 months ended 30 June 2018. The Group had several significant one-offs that impacted its ability to deliver a full year of production in 2017 and therefore negatively impacted the results. The previously disclosed disruptions in respect of the launch of the McLaren 720S and the McLaren 570S Spider are still included in this normalised figure from Q3 2017. The normalised EBITDA also includes £8.0m of cost synergies that have now been identified and are in the process of being implemented. The underlying result for the half year includes £4.1m of synergy savings already achieved. A significant proportion of the full year 2018 Group EBITDA is generated in Q3 and Q4 as a result of the Ultimate Series (McLaren Senna) cars are delivered, whereas in H2 2017 there were not Ultimate Series cars on sale. The Group therefore expects EBITDA to exceed the current 12 month normalised EBITDA at the end of 2018. Automotive Automotive continues to build cars at the rates achieved in Q4 2017 and again demonstrated in Q1 2018. It has so far produced 2,178 cars in the first half of 2018, which compares to 1,204 cars built in the first half of 2017. Included within this figure are the 10 McLaren Senna’s, the first examples of which were produced and delivered to customers in June 2018. Following the production success in the first six months of the year, Automotive has increased its production and sales forecasts and believes it can deliver over 4,500 units by the end of 2018. 3 McLaren Holdings Limited Interim financial statements 30 June 2018 Business review and outlook (continued) Automotive (continued) Wholesales continue to be strong. In total, wholesales for the first half of 2018 are 81% higher than the same period in 2017. As production volume has increased deliveries are up in all global markets. For example, wholesales are up 105% in North America which represents 39% of the global sales for McLaren. In addition, following the delays experienced in 2017, wholesales of vehicles have begun in China following the homologation approvals for the McLaren 720S and the McLaren 570S Spider; wholesales in China are up by 148% for the first half of 2018. Wholesale volumes by region are: Region H1 2018 H1 2017 Europe 739 448 North America 850 414 Asia Pacific 347 196 China 114 46 RoW 128 100 Global 2,178 1,204 Automotive product launches have continued with the new 600LT Sports Series variant being announced in June 2018. This is the next chapter in the storied history of the McLaren ‘Longtail’. Only the fourth McLaren in two decades to receive the LT – or ‘Longtail’ – name, it lives and breathes the relentless spirit of its ‘Longtail’ predecessors which were all united by the same singular focus - to push performance and driving to the absolute edge. Alongside the launch of the McLaren 600LT, the Automotive division unveiled an updated version of its business plan, Track25. Updated and expanded, Track25 takes the Automotive division from now until 2025 and includes: • £1.2bn investment in new products, all funded from free cash flow • 18 new models and derivatives to be launched • McLaren sportscar and supercar range to be 100 per cent hybrid by 2025 • A new Ultimate Series car as a successor to the McLaren P1TM • An evaluation of “augmentation” technology to introduce step-change in driving experience • New retail markets • Production to reach 6,000 mid-engined sportscars and supercars a year Finally, the next Ultimate Series car in the McLaren line up was given a name. Previously announced under its code name and already fully sold out, BP23 will be known as the McLaren Speedtail. Further details, including images of the car, will be revealed before the end of 2018. The order book continues to be strong. The order book totalled 1,846 units at 30 June 2018 and takes Super Series order cover into Q1 2019 and Sports Series cover into Q4 2018. The Group will continue capitalise on this demand in 2018 now that the production capacity has been achieved and stabilised. This, along with the ramp up of deliveries of the McLaren Senna in the second half of 2018 and the launch of the McLaren 600LT in Q4 2018, will contribute to significant growth in revenue and EBITDA from the Automotive division and further demonstrates that Automotive is on plan to deliver the targets set out in Track25. 4 McLaren Holdings Limited Interim financial statements 30 June 2018 Business review and outlook (continued) McLaren Racing The Formula 1 World Championship has now just passed the half-way point of the season and the partnership with Renault is already delivering better results. The team is in a very close battle in the middle of the Championship table; McLaren lie sixth in the Formula 1 World Constructors’ Championship with 52 points, only twenty four points behind fifth. 52 points is more than the 30 scored in all of 2017. The team continue to deliver on the pipeline of upgrades to the car and are confident that they can be in the fight for fifth until the end of the season. Further, the team has identified the weaknesses of the current car and also there are new regulations for 2019. The team has therefore already started work on the 2019 car and is confident of a step up in performance as we go into 2019. Racing also recently announced that Fernando Alonso will not race in Formula 1 in 2019 and have completed the planned signing of the talented Carlos Sainz as his replacement. The decision on the driver for the second seat will be communicated in Q3 2018. Off the track, Zak Brown (CEO, McLaren Racing) has completed a full review of the Racing structure following his appointment earlier in the year and has been restructuring his management team. In particular, Racing has announced that they have secured the services of James Key as Technical Director and Gil De Ferran, the latter who has already started work as Sporting Director. These, and other new appointments, will strengthen the team and bring in a wealth of experience into McLaren over the next 12 months. The team have also turned their focus to sponsorship acquisition for the new 2019 season and have a significant number of potential prospects. In respect of the wider Formula 1 commercial environment, McLaren continues to work with the FIA and Formula 1 management in order to create a more sustainable sport. The current commercial framework for Formula 1 ends at the end of 2020 and all parties are looking to sign a long-term agreement that will both improve the sport and also the financial returns for all parties involved.